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Consonance Droplet....anyone heard it at home yet?

Any opinions and experiences on the the new droplet 5.0 CD player from Consonance? Has anyone tried it in their own system? How long is break in? Thanks. Dave. (I have an Ah!Tjoeb 4000 right now)
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Hi!

I have not heard it at home but … I have owned the AH! Njoe Tjoeb 4000, currently own the Consonance CD-120, and I have listened to the Droplet. I consider the Consonance CD-120 to be far superior to the AH! Njoe Tjoeb 4000. But the Droplet is head and shoulders above the CD-120. As Transnova said, the Droplet is smooth AND detailed! If I had the money, and a place to put the beast, I’d purchase it in an instant! (The Droplet is huge and heavy and my system setup is not such that I can accommodate a top loading player of this magnitude.)

In my opinion … Do yourself a favor … If you have the money, get the Droplet and sell the AH! Njoe Tjoeb 4000. And if you don’t have the money for the Droplet, get rid of the AH! Njoe Tjoeb 4000 and get the CD-120 or Consonance Ref CD 2.2. Either way, I think you’ll be glad you did.

Background on my recent CD player history and why I feel that my opinion might count for something. :-) Much to my wife’s dismay, I went through a bunch of CD and multi-format players last year trying to find the one for me. I have listed them here in approximate order of sound quality in my system(s) from lowest to highest. I say approximate because I did not have all of these at the same time and did not and could not A/B them all. They are: Integra DPC-7.4, Denon DVD-910, Pioneer DV-563A (still have around), Denon DVD-1600 (great picture but the Cambridge 540D is better on CD playback), AH! Njoe Tjoeb 4000, Denon DVD-2900 (never did much critical CD listening with this as I purchased it for the picture after I already had the Consonance CD-120 - still have for movies), Rega Planet original, Music Hall CD-25, Cambridge Audio Azur 540D (still have), Rega Planet 2000, Arcam CD73T, Cambridge Audio Azur 640C, and Consonance CD-120 (still have). The equipment chain for the auditions was either one or both of: 1) CD into B&K Reference 50 into Krell KSA-50S into was Paradigm Studio 100 v2 speakers (have since been replaced); or 2) CD into my trusty old 1990 purchased system of Adcom GTP-500II into Adcom GFA-545 into Soundwave Sonata II speakers. I also auditioned many, many other players including the Consonance Ref CD 2.2 and the Consonance Droplet at my dealers.

Have fun!
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